Crochet Purse

Ingredients

• a chain of eighty-eight stitches
• sixty-two rows double crochet
• the third, fifth, nineteenth, twenty-first, forty-first, forty-third, fifty-seventh and fifty-ninth rows are crocheted with brown silk
• Five double with fawn color
• six double with brown
• three chain to form one treble

Method

1. 1

   Crochet a chain of eighty-eight stitches, then crochet sixty-two rows of double crochet.

2. 2

   Use brown silk in specified rows.

3. 3

   Finish with twenty-two double crochet for the opening and work to and fro for the center of the purse.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The household (of the Detroit free press) (1886) by Goff, May Perrin,, page 543. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

a chain of eighty-eight stitches (pale shade) crochet sixty-two rows double crochet, but the third, fifth, nineteenth, twenty- first, forty-first, forty-third, fifty-seventh and fifty-ninth rows are crocheted with brown silk ; and in the ninth, fifteenth, forty-seventh and fifty-third the two shades are used as fol- lows : Ninth row. — Five double with fawn color, and six double with brown ; repeat, always drawing up the last stitch of the one shade with the first of the other. Tenth row. — One double, * (brown), three double (fawn), one double (brown), six double (fawn) ; repeat seven times from.* Eleventh row. — One double (fawn), *, three double (brown), three fawn, two brown, three fawn ; repeat from * seven times, but in the last repetition crochet only two double (fawn) instead of three. Twelfth row. — One double (fawn), *, three double (brown), two fawn, one (brown), two (fawn), one (brown), two (fawn) ; repeat seven times from *, crocheting one fawn instead of two at the end of the last repetition. Thirteenth row. — Like the eleventh. Fourteenth row. — Like the tenth. Fifteenth row. — Like the ninth. Forty-seventh row to fifty-third row — like ninth to fifteenth. When the sixty-second row is finished, crochet twenty-two double CROCHET PURSE. 667 for the opening-, and then work to and fro for the centre of the purse. Sixty-thirp! row. — Along the last stitches with the same silk, three chain to form one treble

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.